DePaul University Law Prof. Andrea Lyon '76 on Blind Justice

DePaul University Law Professor Andrea Lyon '76 published a blog in The Huffington Post arguing that the state of Texas should not execute Andre Thomas since he is mentally ill.

Andrea Lyon writes, "Mr. Thomas's case shouldn't even be considered a close one legally -- he simply is too mentally ill to execute. In fact, Mr. Thomas has been found by the department of corrections too mentally ill to be on death row -- so he is housed in a mental health facility where medication appears to be of some help. He is too ill for death row, but not to be killed by the State of Texas? If this case does not fall into the category of someone who should not be executed under our law, it is hard to imagine who would fit in that category. The state of Texas should abandon its pursuit of death in this case, and continue to confine Mr. Thomas in a locked mental health facility."